Snowball Cookies
IngredientsPreparation
  • 1 cup [225 g] butter
  • 2 cups [280 g] flour
  • 5 tablespoons [75 g] sugar
  • 2 teaspoons [10 mL] vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups [375 mL] finely chopped pecans
  • 9 1/2 ounces to 3/4 pound [270 to 340 g] icing sugar
  • Into a bowl, well mix together butter, four, sugar, vanilla and finely chopped pecans.
  • Refrigerate mixture overnight.
  • Preheat oven to 325°F [160°C].
  • Shape dough into tiny balls; arrange onto a cookie sheet.
  • Bake cookies into preheated oven for 12 minutes.
  • Immediately yet delicately roll hot balls into icing sugar.
  • Leave balls to cool completely, then roll balls once more into icing sugar.